Joy101

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1. Blood pressure medications

   Joy101 replied to Joy101's topic in Safety

   I'm also a new graduate nurse and I always look to the charge to tell me the right thing and for help, however this time was just confusing. What would you guys do if the low BP was low for the patient from baseline, and the charge said that metoprol...

2. Blood pressure medications

   Joy101 replied to Joy101's topic in Safety

   Im in medical/surgical, I gave the medication because the patient's BP trended on the low side and the blood pressure med was routinely given with the same low BP to this patient. However I was just confused when the charge said that metoprolol does ...

3. Blood pressure medications

   Joy101 posted a topic in Safety

   So basically my patients BP was something like 92/52, and they were scheduled to get a beta blocker (metoprolol), I told the charge nurse, and they said that metoprolol only affects pulse and the blood pressure is not effected, so to give the metopro...

4. Iv infusion confusion

   Joy101 replied to Joy101's topic in General Nursing

   i'm asking what rate to run the primary if there was no primary already infusing?, like the rate to run just to flush the IV line Our pumps can program primary and secondary lines separate, but when it switches back to the primary what should the rat...

5. Iv infusion confusion

   Joy101 posted a topic in General Nursing

   When giving a piggyback IV medication, I am sooo confused about what RATE to set the IV infusion pump at for the primary line. Say that the medication is running at 100ml/hr, is it right to set the primary solution at the same rate 100ml/h BUT set t...